Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a martini and pernod cocktail.

1968

K. Brasselle Cannibals 157: I’ll make us both another shooter.

2. (US) a measure of spirits, esp. whisky; tequila.

1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 97: Geez, he could use a shooter of whiskey.
1994		J. Wambaugh Finnegan’s Week 210: The ox just wanted to drink tequila shooters [...] He signaled for another shooter.
2006		(con. 1972) Jurgenson & Cea Circle of Six 60: He motioned a shooter of liquor to his mouth.
2016		M. Carey ‘Bad News’ 184: [H]e calmed his frayed nerves by guzzling three shots of bourbon. Those few shooters were all it took to set him off on a full-blown drug spree.